A friend on Facebook asked me if it was possible to send a WhatsApp message to oneself! It came across as a curious question because initially I could not really grasp as to why would someone want to send a message to himself. But then I realized, and my friend confirmed, that this indeed can be of some use. If you can send WhatsApp message to yourself, you can use WhatsApp like a diary or a notes-making tool. You would not need a dedicated mobile app for keeping track of small to-do notes.
Sounds interesting! But how exactly would you send a message to yourself? Well, long-time ago it was possible. At that time you just saved your phone number in your phone book; then go to phone book and open your phone number; here you would find an option of sending WhatsApp message (to yourself!). But now WhatsApp folks seem to have removed this possibility. However, there is a little neat trick that can still make it possible. Let’ see how!
WhatsApp Tips and Tricks
Send WhatsApp Message to Yourself
There is no straight way to send a WhatsApp message to yourself. But you can use WhatsApp groups feature to accomplish the same.
- Open WhatsApp on your mobile
- Open menu (the menu from where you change your WhatsApp status)
- Select New group
- Give your group a name/subject and tap on Next
- Add any of your close friends in the group
- Tap on Create group button to finish the group creation.
Alright, now you have a WhatsApp group that has only two members —you (as admin) and your friend. I am sure that you can now figure out what the trick is!
It is time to remove your friend from the newly created group. This will leave you as the only member of the group. The message that you will send in this group, will be delivered only to you!
How to Use WhatsApp as a To-Do Tool
You now have a group only for yourself. You can keep posting small messages as a to-do list to remind you that these are the things that you need to do. Once you finish the task, just long-press that message and delete it.
You can also use this WhatsApp group to store shared links. If you are surfing a web page and you like its content, you can share the link of that page with this group of yours. This way the link will remain safe in your group conversation and you will be able to go back to that web page whenever you want.
I hope you liked this little WhatsApp trick. Can you think of any other use for this way of using a WhatsApp group? Please let me know in the comments section. Also, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Thank you for using TechWelkin!
Sina says
April 18, 2019 at 2:52 amThis is just great!
thank you
Dee says
February 28, 2019 at 7:20 pmThat’s great. Thank you. I’d got as far as creating a group chat but hadn’t thought to remove my friend. Doh! Now I don’t have to worry about bombarding her with a ton of recipe links.
Piruz says
June 15, 2018 at 1:59 pmThat was great. Now I can scan a document by my phone and share it to my laptop and then use it in the documents. Easily. Thanks a lot
Priscilla says
January 15, 2018 at 5:26 pmYou are great – thank-you for this!
Vijay says
September 23, 2017 at 11:31 amvery useful! Thank you!
Waqar says
September 11, 2017 at 8:22 pmThanks, it worked
Bill Wismer says
August 10, 2017 at 3:15 amIt doesn’t work if you are not in contact list. How do I add myself to contact list?
Lalit Kumar says
August 10, 2017 at 10:08 amJust add your own mobile number in your phone book.
rohit says
June 24, 2017 at 4:50 pmsimply great , i was looking for it.
anre says
April 18, 2017 at 2:52 pmthe trick for sending a self whatsapp message didn’t work on my iphone SE. i created a new group added someone but them when i tried to add me it did not find me in my contacts.
Alex says
January 16, 2017 at 8:16 pmYeah!!! Thanks :)
Ahmed says
December 29, 2016 at 2:35 pmIt is also useful when you want to exchange contents between your laptop and mobile (Using Web WhatsApp interface).
Thanks for the tweak.
Hamza says
November 6, 2016 at 2:52 pmVery clever
Thanks!
CSBhargava says
October 26, 2016 at 6:24 pmThe trick is very good.
I have a question.. the question is , in a windows phone , in WhatsApp where are the pdf documents sent as messages stored?
Asif Osman says
October 26, 2016 at 2:25 pmWhy didn’t I think of this? :)
Thanks for your posts. Best wishes.
Sharad Singh Sankhla says
July 29, 2016 at 9:26 amMr. Lalit sir, it’s very useful information. I will try it.
Rajendra Gupta says
July 28, 2016 at 2:51 pmUnique. Interesting . Very useful. Start using it immediately.
Sarang Shinde says
August 19, 2016 at 9:43 pmawesome